Dentin is the substance between enamel or cementum and the pulp chamber. It is secreted by the odontoblasts of the dental pulp. The formation of dentin is known as dentinogenesis. The porous, yellow-hued material is made up of 70% inorganic materials, 20% organic materials, and 10% water by weight.
Medical Definition of metaplasia. 1  1: transformation of one tissue into another metaplasia of cartilage into bone. 2  2: abnormal replacement of cells of one type by cells of another.
A. Squamous metaplasia is a medical term used to describe the changes occurring to the cells in certain tissues of the body.emaleHealthIssues - 20-Feb-15 @ 10:38 AM. i undergo DMC last february 03, 2015and the result of my biopsy is i have a chronic endocervicitis with squamous metaplasia and i want to know what is this and and my doctor said that this will happen again in the near future.